Crabs In The Skillet jig

and then i got a flute with keys!

Some folks in the session were playing this the other day. It’s a nice melody, and fits very comfortably in the keyed flute. Fiddlers, of course, have no problems with flats. I can almost play it in one of my more half-holing, note-bending whistles. A real whistler should be able to do it as long as it isn’t too fast. Those couple of F#s and E-nats sure help.

This is from O’Neill, by the way. 1112 in Music of Ireland and 306 in Dance Music of Ireland (1907).

I roll those long Gs and put the accent on the d (ta-blah-vlah-dah-DEE!). 🙂

The 3rd part seems too cute to be authentic, especially being just a variation on the 1st part. But what do i know, i just play this stuff!

This is a great tune! We paired it with Jump at the Sun (same key, same book) and it’s quite haunting on the concertina. Well, more creepy really, but it works for us.

Trinil, Jump at the Sun isn’t in O’Neill. The version that’s showing in the Tune Finder says it’s by John Kirkpatrick, in 1972. (Still looks like a nice pairing with Crabs, though.)

Whoops! My mistake. I got them from a band member in a packet of (mostly) O’Neill tunes. Guess my memory recall needs a little work. :D It is a nice pairing, though, I hope we get the arrangement polished and ready soon.

Cheers

Just learning this now on the harp. We (my teacher and our harp orchestra) are teaming it up with and playing it after Planxty Burke.

https://thesession.org/tunes/736

Here’s a version from Liz and Yvonne Kane’s album “The Well Tempered Bow.”

|:DGG ABc|cdB ~c3|Add cBA|dcB AGF|
D2 G ABc|cdB ~c3|cAc fed|1cAF G2 F:|2cAF GBd||
|:~g3 ~g3|fag fed|cde fed|cde fed|
[BD]gg gag|(3fga g fed|cde fed|1cAF GBd:|2cAF GDB,||
|:G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|AGF DCB,|
G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|1AGF G2 G,:|AGF G2 D||

There’s an optional variation for the C-part as well:

|:G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|AGF DCB,|
G,A,B, A,B,C|B,CD CD=E|DGA dcA|dcA G3||

Shouldn’t this be Gdor instead of Gmin?

The only Eflat I play is actually where errik placed the natural in that optional variation on the C part.

Heh… I think Breda Smyth blew away the “rule” about not playing half holes too fast on whistle when she did Bachelor’s walk….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYECF4mwBa0

play video

My take on this tune.

Popular tune with fiddlers named Liz, curiously; recorded by Liz Kane, Liz Doherty, and Liz Carroll. Odd? 🙂

I just thought it would be easier to play on a D whistle if it was set in B minor

Who doesn’t love a good tune in Gmin? Plus this one makes use of almost all of the fiddle’s range, which is always fun as well, if not really traditional (but then Catharsis or Farewell to Chernobyl don’t sound exactly traditional either). Tune by the French band Doolin’ on their first album “Popcorn Behaviour”.
Note: you can make the third part of the tune sound less weird by playing C naturals instead of sharps; I’m only writing them down as it’s what it has been recorded with.

Great tune, already posted:

Crabs in the Skillet - https://thesession.org/tunes/1082

Great! I’ll just migrate it as another setting over there (and add an alternative name).

Setting from Doolin’s first album “Popcorn Behaviour”, with a fancy C sharp on the third part and slight differences from errik’s version here.

Settings X7 and X8 are some combination of variations from Deby Benton Grosjean’s album “Beyond The Shore” and Dannsair’s album “Caledonia”, among others.

Deby plays it is Gmin, and Dannsair play it in Amin.

The a2a2 and g2g2 sequences in the B Part of X8 are from Deby. She slides into those to give a nice feel.

Dannsair articulate every note of the B Part, playing the notes pretty regularly, roughly as:
|: aba ag^f | gag g^fe | de^f gfg | dBA A3 |
aba ag^f | gag g^fe | de^f gfg |1 dBA A3 :|2 dBG G^FG ||

There’s a nice version on Horslips brilliant Christmas album from the 70s “ Drive the Cold Winter Away”

A setting down in Cminor.

From the playing of Liz Carroll.

Have also updated X7 to be Deby Benton Grosjean’s setting, X8 to be Dannsair’s setting, and, X9 to be a roughly bare-bones setting.

From the playing of Dulra.

Similar to setting #5 but played a little differently.